Ravenloft
Sweet Rogue
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- Jan 29, 2000
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Trent struggled to open the door to his dorm room while trying to manage several bags of occult shop merchandise. He had a stack of books in one,* the bottom* of which was threatening to give out and spill the lot of them at his feet. Another had candles, incence and a variety of herbal remedies in little plastic baggies, with little cards discribing their uses in the occult. Yet another held a collection of essential* oils, held in little glass drams, marked with their individual* scents on the labels.
"Come on..." Trent muttered, feeling the sack of books slipping as he turned the doorknob. Just as he opened the door, he heard the bag rip and put tumbled all his newly bought books. "New" wasn't exactly the best discription for them though. They were actually quite old looking, dusty, dog eared and crackling* from age as they fell in a heap before him. "Aw crap!" He yelped as he took a step forward, catching his shoe on the pile of books and stumbling into his room, catching himself before* falling face first to the floor.
"Whew... that was close." He ghed, setting the other bags down carefully befor picking up the books. "Aw... bummer..." he found that one tome had shed it's cover in the fall, the glue long since having lost its grip on the spines binding and a few pages had broken free and scattered down the hall. He collected everything he could find, hoping he hadn't missed any as other students passed him by in the hall, giving him odd looks over the collection* of occult books.
An hour later, he was all set up with a summoning circle drawn in charcoal* on his dorm room floor, ringed in flickering black candles and a goblet of "blood" in the center, really just some boons farm sangria. He was about to call up a demon from the pits of hell to do his bidding! Normal Saturday night, you know. He read the broken Latin in one of his books and attempted close approximations of the hand gesture etchings beside them.
Of course he didn't really expect it to work, but he was sick of all the crap the jocks and other popular students put him through, so feeling some sort of power, even if it was all just in his head would be a welcome* change. Besides, if it didn't work, at least he had a bottle of boons to drink...
Chanting alone in his room, in the quiet and dark, everything seemed amplified, the candles* flickered and guttered* slightly as he passed one hand over them. Then, one flame grew... catching Trent focus, making him falter over the Latin incantation. Something was happening! Instead of shrinking away from it, though, like most probably would, Trent pushed on with renewed intrigue. He had no idea what would come of i, but he was about to find out! Just as he finished the incantation, the candles all flared and suddenly* snuffed out making him yelp in surprise.
"Come on..." Trent muttered, feeling the sack of books slipping as he turned the doorknob. Just as he opened the door, he heard the bag rip and put tumbled all his newly bought books. "New" wasn't exactly the best discription for them though. They were actually quite old looking, dusty, dog eared and crackling* from age as they fell in a heap before him. "Aw crap!" He yelped as he took a step forward, catching his shoe on the pile of books and stumbling into his room, catching himself before* falling face first to the floor.
"Whew... that was close." He ghed, setting the other bags down carefully befor picking up the books. "Aw... bummer..." he found that one tome had shed it's cover in the fall, the glue long since having lost its grip on the spines binding and a few pages had broken free and scattered down the hall. He collected everything he could find, hoping he hadn't missed any as other students passed him by in the hall, giving him odd looks over the collection* of occult books.
An hour later, he was all set up with a summoning circle drawn in charcoal* on his dorm room floor, ringed in flickering black candles and a goblet of "blood" in the center, really just some boons farm sangria. He was about to call up a demon from the pits of hell to do his bidding! Normal Saturday night, you know. He read the broken Latin in one of his books and attempted close approximations of the hand gesture etchings beside them.
Of course he didn't really expect it to work, but he was sick of all the crap the jocks and other popular students put him through, so feeling some sort of power, even if it was all just in his head would be a welcome* change. Besides, if it didn't work, at least he had a bottle of boons to drink...
Chanting alone in his room, in the quiet and dark, everything seemed amplified, the candles* flickered and guttered* slightly as he passed one hand over them. Then, one flame grew... catching Trent focus, making him falter over the Latin incantation. Something was happening! Instead of shrinking away from it, though, like most probably would, Trent pushed on with renewed intrigue. He had no idea what would come of i, but he was about to find out! Just as he finished the incantation, the candles all flared and suddenly* snuffed out making him yelp in surprise.